Match-safe.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

G. HARRIS. MATCH SAFE.

APPLIUATION-FILED'APB.4.1907.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HARRIS, OF VERMILION, SOUTH DAKOTA.

MATCH-SAFE.

Application filed April 4, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vermilion, in the county of Clay and State of" South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Match-Safe; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in match safes.

The object of the invention is to provide a match safe or holder adapted to be operated in such a manner as to permit a dis charge or delivery of one match at a time, the arrangement being such that the delivered match will drop into the hand of the operator when discharged from the box.

WVith this object in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combination of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the match safe constructed in accordance with the invention Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, showing the parts in their closed or normal positions; and Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the inner box or receptacle arranged to permit of the discharge of a match, the latter being shown in dotted lines in the discharge groove, or recess of the box.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the outer box or casing of the safe, said casing being here shown, and is preferably, rectangular in form and consists of front and rear walls, 2 and 3, and end walls, 4. The casing at its upper end is provided with a suitable top or cover, 5. The front wall 2 extends a slight distance below the end wall, as shown at 6, and in said front wall, immediately above the extension, 6,

is formed a horizontally disposed match receiving groove, or recess, 7, said recess being of such size as to contain but one match.

Slidably mounted in the casing 1 is an inner box or match receptacle, 8, said box consisting of a rear wall, 9, end walls, 10, and a downwardly and forwardly inclined bottom wall, 12. The front wall of the inner box 8 is formed by the front wall of the eas- The inner box or receptacle 8, when Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Serial No. 366,418.

in its normal position, is supported in the.

casing 1, by means of inclined cleats, 13, arranged on the inner side of the end walls of the casing 1, as shown. When the box or receptacle 8 is in its lower or normal position, the forward edge of the bottom 12 engages the lower corner of the recess 7, whereby the matches contained in said box or receptacle will be directed toward the recess by the inclined bottom of said box so that when the latter is in its normal position, one match will always be in place in said recess. The outwardly curved wall of the groove or recess 7 is preferably provided with a series of slots or openings, by means of which the contents of the safe may be observed and the box refilled when necessary.

In operating the safe to obtain a match therefrom, the fingers are placed beneath the casing 1 into engagement with the inclined bottom of the box or receptacle 8 and said receptacle pushed upwardly until the forward edge of the inclined bottom thereof clears the groove or recess 7, and the match contained therein. When the recess 7 has thus been cleared by the movement of the box 8, the match contained in said recess will be permitted to roll out of the same and drop into the hand of the operator when pushing the box upwardly. The upward movement of the box or receptacle 8 is limited by means of a stop lug, 14, arranged in the inner side of the rear wall of the casing 1, as shown.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention may be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportions and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

In a single delivery match safe, a casing consisting of front, rear and end walls and a cover, the front wall of the casing being provided at a point remote from the normally lower open end of the latter with a matchreceiving recess, a match receptacle arranged for endwise movement in the casing and consisting as a whole of a rear and end walls and adoWnWardly and forwardlyinclined bottom, provided in the casing for limiting the up- 10 the front edge of said bottom being disposed Ward movement of the receptacle.

normally to bear on the front Wall of the cas- 1 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ing at a point immediately beneath said remy hand in presence of two subscribing Wit cess, inclined cleatsattached to the end Walls nesses.

of the casing for supporting the receptacle in GEORGE HARRIS. normal position, the receptacle being adapt- Witnesses: ed for positive movement to permit the dis- 0. J. GUNDERsoN,

charge of a match from the recess, and a stop A. B. GUNDERsoN. 

